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Yes - and moreover, the very old and frail living on their own are vulnerable to many things other than Covid. Having a neighbour check in on them every day, fo
by tomatocracy 7y ago
Yes - and moreover, the very old and frail living on their own are vulnerable to many things other than Covid. Having a neighbour check in on them every day, for example, might mean that if they have a fall then they are found before they die from injuries or lack of food or water.
There is very real risk in isolating these people for months that this type of protection is lost and costs more lives than it saves so there is a complex tradeoff involved.
- CaptArmchair 7y agoIt's even more complex then that. Even if you do end up isolating the elderly, there will still be an increased influx of patients who will take up hospital beds. At that point, the problem isn't just an elder person taking a fall, it literally affects anyone who contracts another illness, gets a stroke, a heart attack, organ failure, a traffic accident,...